Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billie Joe	Honky Tonk Angel	04:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

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The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

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Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

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Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

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Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

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Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

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